karn (04/06/83)
What you are thinking of is a PROPOSAL by AMSAT and ARRL to allow astronaut Owen Garriot, W5LFL, to carry a two-meter amateur radio transceiver on STS-9 (the Columbia Spacelab mission) this fall. This proposal has NOT yet been approved, but signs from NASA are very favorable. There is NO amateur radio station on board Challenger or currently planned for any of its missions. Phil Karn, KA9Q Asst. VP Engineering, AMSAT